How To Use Three-quarters In A Sentence
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The Bedroom In The Sky is three-quarters windowed and the last window blocked off with a hardboard offcut insulated, floored, plasterboarded, plumbed and wired.
April 1st, 2007
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Selig said relocation of the team is subject to certain contingencies, including a formal vote (three-quarters needed) of ownership at the next owners meetings Nov. 17-18 in Chicago.
USATODAY.com - Selig confirms Expos' move
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Astounded, I continued to adjust the hydroscope to a range incredible, turning the screw to focus at a mile and a half, at two miles, at two and a quarter, a half, three-quarters, three miles, three miles and a quarter -- click!
Police!!!
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the Mainland," while North Island, where three-quarters of the population lives, is also called "Pig Island," partly for the wild pigs that Cook brought during a visit and that still roam in
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Three parts" means three-quarters of a pint, and "skilly" is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water.
The People of the Abyss
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Nearly three-quarters of staff took part in voluntary charitable activities during work time last year.
Times, Sunday Times
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Spoon the mixture into six small buttered heatproof pots, until three-quarters full.
Times, Sunday Times
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The particular hill on which they were, out-jutted from the regular line of the range, so that the sweep of their vision extended over three-quarters of the circle.
Chapter XVI
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Three-quarters of the world's population live in conditions that people in the West would find intolerable.
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More than three-quarters (77%) admitted they spend less than 5 minutes reading each resume; 56% devote less than 60 seconds to each one.
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It has three-quarters of an acre of land, but a refurb is required.
Times, Sunday Times
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The necessary constitutional changes would require approval by a three-quarters majority in the 70-seat Assembly.
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The three-quarters of Montrealers without university degrees can be excused for feeling like deadbeats.
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Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment.
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Two-thirds of this group got over three-quarters of their income from state benefits and only 7 percent had any earnings from employment.
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We were left with an open bottle of champagne three-quarters full.
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When they are fully ripe gather them, and they can be ground in a gridder, or if that is not convenient, mash them in a trough; then press them well, putting three-quarters of a pound or a pound of sugar to the gallon; in this every one is to be governed by his own taste.
Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs
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Fill with stones until three-quarters full then top up with gravel and a layer of very gritty compost on top, about 3in deep.
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The 40 sheep were kept by a common shepherd with the common herd, were taken every day to the downs and brought back every night to be folded on the arable fields, the rule being to fold 1,000 sheep on a 'tenantry' acre (three-quarters of a statute acre) every night. [
A Short History of English Agriculture
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The US government has frozen assets worth three-quarters of a million dollars.
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About three-quarters of the total, depending on the source of the starch, is in the form of amylopectin; this consists of short, interconnected chains making up a many-branched mass comprising thousands of sugar units.
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More than three-quarters said it was important to be allowed to personalize their workspace while almost half complained about a lack of privacy.
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As it is, rearward visibility with the hood up is minimal with no rear three-quarters vision whatsoever.
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The pack began to dominate in set pieces, and supply their nimble three-quarters with ample, quality ball.
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Group profits slumped by 40 percent to ￡16.9 million last year, of which houses contributed three-quarters and development, a quarter.
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The horse was reluctant to enter the stalls but came through with a storming late run to edge out Touch of the Blues by three-quarters of a length with Century City third.
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Before this can happen, he should be required to obtain a Congressional supermajority, and the requisite percentage should increase with every requested extension - from two-thirds to three-quarters to four-fifths.
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But in densely built cities, about three-quarters of the rainfall fails to sink into the ground or evaporate.
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Almost three-quarters of intravenous drug users who were previously imprisoned reported that they had injected three or more years ago, compared with 36% of injectors among new entrants.
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But in a town that is three-quarters empty still, social services have all but collapsed and deep scars of mistrust remain etched on the people.
Times, Sunday Times
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We were successful - if that's what you call losing three-quarters of the Sarronnese forces, half of our black iron equipment, and almost killing the one real wizard we have.
The Order War
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But he still managed to win, passing the post with three-quarters of a length in hand.
The Sun
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And so to the one-and-three-quarters of you who got the correct solution.
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The remaining three-quarters operated as freelance or self-employed individuals.
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Like leaves before the wind, the boys rushed out by a back door into the play-ground, while the master solemnly passed to his house, with a deep slow bow to the ladies; and there was poor Scudamore -- most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work -- left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour.
Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War
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Almost three-quarters of the total fat of olive oil are monounsaturated fat (in the form of one particular fatty acid called oleic acid).
The World's Healthiest Foods
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Shall we conclude, then, that three-quarters of a century of warfare between associationist and configurational learning theories taught us little or nothing about the real nature of learning?
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The machine consists of a central hollow cylinder, C, three-quarters of the circumference of which is covered by the hollow boxes, M, heated by steam through the pipes shown, and which are mounted upon the levers, BB ', whose fulcra are at bb.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 344, August 5, 1882
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We taxied up to the head of the lake, turned around and roared back, but had to abort when we were three-quarters down the lake and our skids hadn't left the water.
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There's one less than three-quarters of a mile away.
Times, Sunday Times
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They usually were of cubic shape, and were sealed with an airtight lock that ran three-quarters of the way around the middle of the box, leaving one side to hinge on.
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The waxing Moon was three-quarters full and too high and too far to the south to shine into the kitchen.
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stagged" off just below the knees, heavy German socks, and shoes nailed with sharp spikes at least three-quarters of an inch in length.
The Rules of the Game
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JT_Lancer says: the communications industry has been making spectacular progress after begin stifled for three-quarters of a century.
Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’
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Three-quarters of pupils studied triple sciences and all learn a string instrument to orchestra standard.
Times, Sunday Times
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They voted to accept a deal whereby the union will receive nearly three-quarters of a million pounds from the International Miners Organisation.
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Lussurioso undermines her first, more for her being a woman and a mother: "The name [of 'bawd']/is so in league with age that nowadays/It does eclipse three-quarters of a mother.
Final drafting stuff:
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At the moment it only goes three-quarters of the way around the city.
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“That gives us about half an hour or three-quarters here — if a conveyance is obtainable, that is.”
The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll
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Nearly three-quarters of people questioned in an opinion poll agreed with the government's decision.
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Your Honours were referred to a passage about three-quarters of the way down the page.
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For longer plays, the preparation time is more like three-quarters of an hour for each minute on stage.
Working with Teenagers
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In January 2001 three-quarters of their pavilion was burnt down, costing an estimated £200,000 to repair, and the metal shutters were graffitied just last week.
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Two miles (3 km) eastward from the shore lies a chain of deep and narrow ponds, eight miles long (13 km), of an average width of three-quarters of a mile, and covering an area of 3,500 acres (14 km²).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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The necessary constitutional changes would require approval by a three-quarters majority in the 70-seat Assembly.
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Three-quarters of the country's workers took part in the strike.
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While Airbus took 70% of the market segment of smaller 100 to 200-seat aircraft, Boeing took three-quarters of the global market for wide-bodied jets with between 275 and 375 seats, thanks to its popular 777 jetliner and new 787-9 plane.
Airbus Keeps Top Spot Over Boeing
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Thick tarps, stretched gunwale to gunwale, deck three-quarters of the Brendan, but where the helmsman must stand there is a gaping hole.
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Said predecessor was more or less centered in that ungrassed circle, the base of its trunk taking up approximately three-quarters of the area.
Dustbury.com » Return of the Treelet Report
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The common room was a large circular room, with three-quarters of the walls being sectioned into small little box-shaped cubby holes where university students got their usual circulars, mail, etc. etc.
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In most parliamentary democracies voter turnout tends to be around half to three-quarters of the electorate.
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Thus, at a crawl, you can achieve full lock in three-quarters of a turn of the steering wheel - which means that you can reverse into a parking space without winding your arms around each other and gradually dislocating your shoulders.
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He had trouble in running and was value for more than three-quarters of a length.
The Sun
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Pour mixture to three-quarters fill soufflé dish.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Fire brigade were called just before 11 pm and extinguished the fire, which burned an area of heathland around three-quarters of a mile square.
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So many took part in these singular experiments, which assumed rather the appearance of outdoor sports than of scientific demonstrations, that in a short time we had provided the asteroid with a very large number of little moons, or satellites, of gold, which revolved around it in orbits of various degrees of ellipticity, taking, on the average, about three-quarters of an hour to complete a circuit.
Edison's Conquest of Mars
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Set in three-quarters of an acre, derelict Lambs Barton Stables nestle amid landscaped gardens in a hollow of land with sea views.
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Three-quarters of party-goers who throng nightclubs on a regular basis experience ringing in their ears or dullness of hearing afterwards.
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Three-quarters admit to eating for emotional reasons, rather than hunger.
The Sun
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Scudamore — most diffident of men whenever it came to lady-work — left to face the visitors with a pleasing knowledge that his neckcloth was dishevelled, and his hair sheafed up, the furrows of his coat broadcast with pounce, and one of his hands gone to sleep from holding a heavy Delphin for three-quarters of an hour.
Springhaven
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York weathered the onslaught and their stylised and pacey three-quarters in turn began to threaten.
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In McKenna's three elections as leader, the Liberals won 85 of 99 seats in ridings where anglophones comprised three-quarters or more of the population.
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Three-quarters of the land is covered with forests and woodland, and much of the land is cultivated with rice paddies.
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The EU still accounts for nearly three-quarters of all exports.
The Sun
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Add about three-quarters of a cupful of normal rolled oats, and a little less than half a teaspoon of coarse seasalt.
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Three-quarters admit to eating for emotional reasons, rather than hunger.
The Sun
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The lardoon should be about one-third of an inch under the surface and come out about three-quarters of an inch from where it went in, one-half inch projecting on each side.
Favorite Dishes : a Columbian Autograph Souvenir Cookery Book
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Kevin Darley pushed the two-year-old on along the rails to beat hot favourite Khelef by a length and three-quarters, with Nevisian Lad running on well for third.
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It needed three-quarters of an hour to make fast the weather side.
A BOOK OF LANDS AND PEOPLES
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Three-quarters of Americans supported the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Christianity Today
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The entire three-quarters of my wardrobe was black.
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About three-quarters of all rhenium consumed in the United States is used in the manufacture of superalloys - alloys containing iron, cobalt, or nickel.
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We were amazed that anyone in town would have such things, after three-quarters of a million people went two nights without heat in midwinter.
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` Three parts 'means three-quarters of a pint, and ` skilly' is a fluid concoction of three quarts of oatmeal stirred into three buckets and a half of hot water.
The Carter and the Carpenter
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The three-quarters of an acre of grounds include pretty terraces and small olive groves.
Times, Sunday Times
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It should be chilled slightly before drinking, three-quarters of an hour in the fridge is about right.
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Three-quarters of the world's population live in conditions that people in the West would find intolerable.
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For one brief, shining three-quarters of an hour in 1981, Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee and even Marky rode that much-needed bridge between the "gabba" and the "hey" with this, the closest duh brudders ever did get to building a pure pop-rock paragon.
The Rock and Roll Report
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Illnesses such as diarrhea, enteritis, and gastroenteritis affect as many as three-quarters of the village's children under the age of 5.
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Altogether, 74% or three-quarters of nurses and midwives are being offered less total pay than police constables.
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Three-quarters of pupils studied triple sciences and all learn a string instrument to orchestra standard.
Times, Sunday Times
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He told me all along he would be the champion miler of the world with unwavering optimism and I would say we are three-quarters of the way there now.
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It is perhaps three-quarters of a mile long by a third of a mile deep.
Ice Time: Climate, Science, and Life on Earth
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From a ruck in the middle of the field the ball was flashed across the three-quarters.
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The findings suggest that the average is about five minutes, but the range varied from less than a minute to nearly three-quarters of an hour.
Times, Sunday Times
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More than three-quarters of Muslims living in Britain say that they are devout followers of Islam.
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He is more exposed than his big rivals, but he has not been tested at a mile and three-quarters and might just relish the trip.
The Sun
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Three-quarters of the ground is a shambles and consists of seats bolted to original terracing with a new roof.
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ANDRILL is investigating the history of the 600-mile-wide Ross Ice Shelf, which is three-quarters the size of Texas (or, in the metric system, about the size of France).
Undefined
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Later this month, federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters.
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The other day I was about three-quarters of the way through my yoga practice when it came to the point in the middle of backbends where you do a handstand and balance by yourself for twelve breaths.
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This is despite the fact that about three-quarters of the population want to see that privilege revoked.
Times, Sunday Times
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Sierra Wireless 'product mix is a good snapshot of the industry: its second-quarter revenue was based 62\% on "adapters" - i.e., cards and USB modems, with the latter accounting for three-quarters of "adapter" revenue.
RCR Wireless News
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(1. 3.147-149) and even undermines her motherly status, observing that bawds are often older women, and mothers are older women (usually): "The name [of 'bawd']/is so in league with age that nowadays/It does eclipse three-quarters of a mother.
Draft: Women's Negotiations of Moral and Material Status in The Revenger's Tragedy
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Three-quarters of Americans supported the use of marijuana for medical purposes.
Christianity Today
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Of chicken liver samples, three-quarters are typically found to be contaminated with Campylobacter.
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On the right-hand side was a triumphal arch in three-quarters view, with two quadrigas on top.
Crusader Gold
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A recent poll of drivers found that three-quarters wanted the windscreen tax disc back.
Times, Sunday Times
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Despite these trapping efforts, more than half the bustards released were quickly killed by predators - three-quarters of these by red foxes.
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Similarly, handling errors in their three-quarters allowed Streatham breathing space when in defence.
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Her smallest sale so far that year had been in the range of half to three-quarters of a million dollars.
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He straightened up just as the clock on the mantelshelf struck the three-quarters.
She Closed Her Eyes
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About three-quarters of pumice and pumicite is consumed annually for this purpose.
Pumice
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It's good news for poulterers but poor news for the vicar - nearly three-quarters of us will tuck into turkey at Christmas, but little more than 25 per cent will attend a church service.
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The other three-quarters of the book are as deliciously gossipy and trashily entertaining as memoirs get.
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What happened, your Honours, is that timber from approximately three-quarters of the leasehold itself was logged by licensed timber operators.
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It found that three-quarters of cohabiting couples want to tie the knot.
The Sun
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More than three-quarters thought adult storylines should be scheduled after the 9pm watershed.
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At the time of unification three-quarters of the population could neither read nor write.
The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century
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The female skew was most evident during Saturday's opening ceremony rebroadcast, which attracted almost three-quarters of the female audience and 66 per cent of men.
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But it is in the three-quarters where most of the problems have been this season and were evident again yesterday.
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Two-thirds now class their health and physique as a major priority, with three-quarters saying they have become more healthy in their eating habits as a result.
The Sun
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Find yourself fantastic skin and you're three-quarters of the way there.
Times, Sunday Times
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But in a town that is three-quarters empty still, social services have all but collapsed and deep scars of mistrust remain etched on the people.
Times, Sunday Times
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For three-quarters of a century, Social Security has guaranteed us all a life of modest dignity as we live out the end of this mortal coil.
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Three-quarters of a bottle and a "buckshee" drink was the ration, and this obtained, men felt more fit for their labours.
The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919
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The EU still accounts for nearly three-quarters of all exports.
The Sun
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They voted to accept a deal whereby the union will receive nearly three-quarters of a million pounds from the International Miners Organisation.
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He was three-quarters of a length up at the line, and could have gained no more than a neck's advantage by his early start.
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Passing the town-wharf laggingly like the maimed thing she was, limping nearer and nearer the spot whence she had set out three-quarters of an hour before, Mr. Carstairs's _Cypriani_ slowed down at an abandoned private landing -- the same one by which Peter's trunk had been conveyed ashore that morning -- and ran out her stairs.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
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Other than the fact that I've paid $30 to be teased by this speck of beef you call a filet and three-quarters of my plate is taken up by a cheesy dish that smells suspiciously like a dead horse's yeast-infected cooter ... everything's hunky dory, Ace.
Unclebob Diary Entry
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Three-quarters of this prosperous, stable West African country is forested, and people disappear here.
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Three-quarters of the measures will come from spending cuts and a quarter from tax rises.
The Sun
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The fishing industry is of vital importance to the economy, accounting for three-quarters of exports; other exports are aluminium (produced from imported alumina) and ferrosilicon.
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And three-quarters of private hire taxis and 55 per cent of hackney cabs stopped for roadside checks were discovered to have faults.
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Three-quarters have a button-down shirt, two-thirds a sport coat or blazer.
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The American Society of Dermatological Surgery puts tat regretees at over half, and the British Journal of Dermatology says three-quarters of everybody who gets a tattoo regrets it later.
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Three-quarters of the country's workers took part in the strike.
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Ask them to guess how this is possible. 4. Fill the large container about three-quarters full of water. 5.
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Three-quarters of mums and dads polled tried regularly to get out of games at school.
The Sun
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Sadly, this will lead three-quarters of the audience to go on a murder spree as they head back to the coach park, but that's a price worth paying.
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In Southampton, a straw poll of 20 shoppers had three-quarters backing the binmen.
The Age of Strife: pay packets and pensions divide coalition Britain
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The unfair dismissal jurisdiction accounts for about three-quarters of the business of the tribunals.
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Even though studies showed that, a quarter century ago (when I was in my late teens), something like three-quarters of all young women were anorgasmic or at least frequently had great difficulty orgasming, most young men I knew believed that their partners regularly orgasmed.
Matthew Yglesias » Jessica Valenti on Anti-Feminists and So-Called “Hook-up Culture”
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In the center was a perfectly round hole, also three-quarters of an inch.
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About a third of homes in the upper Yorkshire Dales are second homes or holiday cottages and three-quarters of house sales are to outsiders.
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But God gets the thumbs-down: nearly three-quarters accept or lean towards atheism.
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That bailout, and the guarantee from Dublin that preceded it, redounded chiefly to the benefit of the banks' foreign creditors, who represented some three-quarters of the money lent to the banks.
Fine Gael and the Banks
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Three-quarters of the way down the list and it starts to add up to physical and sensory overload.
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It found that three-quarters of cohabiting couples want to tie the knot.
The Sun
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A splitter thrown with a three-quarters delivery, for example, doesn't always produce results.
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The necessary constitutional changes would require approval by a three-quarters majority in the 70-seat Assembly.
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More than three-quarters of students at both levels secured an honour grade, while the numbers failing fell.
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Taken as a whole, the criticism produced by the Men of Letters throughout the first three-quarters of the nineteenth century was dauntingly didactic.
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A Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has fine-tuned Einstein's groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a 'simple' theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century.
Archive 2006-02-12
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Harvard School of Public Health professor Stefanos Kales, one of the authors of the report, said no national studies on recruits exist, but in localized studies researchers "consistently find that among police and firefighters, generally three-quarters are overweight and that includes one-third that are obese.
More police, fire recruits flunk fitness test
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The debate about the significance of insect flatulence has been waged for over three-quarters of a century not in obscure special interest entomological journals but rather in the premier scientific journals of our era.
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SummaryAs long as a scallop is a good inch across and roughly three-quarters of an inch thick, you can make an equatorial slit in it and fill the cavity with any savory mixture you like.
Recipe of the Day: Sautéed Scallops Stuffed With Basil - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com
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Later this month, federal authorities are expected to announce plans to reduce their supplies of water to farmers by three-quarters.
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At the beginning of the twentieth century, about three-quarters of the population worked outside in natural daylight.
Stay Well This Winter
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For supper tonight, three-quarters of us will be eating mainly stodge - a pile of carbohydrates.
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Bruce Barker, a Phoenix home inspector, says almost all the new houses he sees have minimum-quality windows, and about three-quarters have inadequate loose fill or fiberglass insulation; other houses he's inspected have brand-name condensers on the exterior of the home, where buyers can see them, connected to generic furnaces hidden in the attic.
How to Prevent New Home Defects
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Today sales are steering towards the three-quarters of a million mark.
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We have been told that real, measurable improvements in productivity are crucial if three-quarters of the awards under benchmarking are to be paid.
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Lakes of methane could cover three-quarters of Saturn's moon Titan, according to radio echoes from this cloud-shrouded world.
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Occasionally, for my benefit, she would recall the sanctimonious preachers who would dismiss three-quarters of the world's people as ignorant heathens doomed to spend the afterlife in eternal damnation-and who in the same breath would insist that the earth and the heavens had been created in seven days, all geologic and astrophysical evidence to the contrary.
The Audacity of Hope
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Hendrika went off with a somewhat ugly grin to do her mistress's bidding, and Stella led the way through the narrow gateway in the marble wall, which may have enclosed nearly half an "erf," or three-quarters of an acre of ground in all.
Allan's Wife
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A not-so-quiet war is waged daily on Facebook by nearly three-quarters of a million social networkers passionately engaged around the dark brown, salty, 109-year-old British yeast by-product food spread known as Marmite.
Playing The Spread
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Of chicken liver samples, three-quarters are typically found to be contaminated with Campylobacter.
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The trench ran for three-quarters of a mile and the brigades that dug it worked regardless of frost and snow.
DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America
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As to the speed of cutting, in the experiment quoted a bit of rather friable "gabbro," measuring three-quarters of an inch on the face by five-eighths of an inch thick, was cut clean through in six minutes, or by 3000 turns of the wheel.
On Laboratory Arts
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More than three-quarters of our power has come from our home plug socket.
Times, Sunday Times
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Three-quarters of the population think dropping litter has no excuse.
Times, Sunday Times
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Professor Keep also challenges the claim that more than three-quarters of new jobs will be for graduates.
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A recent poll of drivers found that three-quarters wanted the windscreen tax disc back.
Times, Sunday Times
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More than three-quarters of the population think it's illegal to burn money and carrots help them see in the dark.
The Sun
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… From the mid-nineteenth century through the first three-quarters of this century … Britain enjoyed extraordinarily low crime and extraordinary freedom.
Sonnex and Farmer – only a matter of time. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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Thanks to the heroic Carter Phone Company making a phone other than black, and suing to break the government imposed monopoly, the communications industry has been making spectacular progress after begin stifled for three-quarters of a century.
Think Progress » Sen. Alexander: Using Reconciliation To Pass Health Care Reform Would ‘End The Senate’
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By 1970 black America was only half southern and more than three-quarters lived in cities.
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Our rule of thumb is that a floor jack needs to be rated for at least three-quarters of a vehicle's gross weight.
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Three-quarters of pupils studied triple sciences and all learn a string instrument to orchestra standard.
Times, Sunday Times
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Three-quarters of the workforce was sacked after failing to accept a management plan which involved a wages freeze and benefit cuts.
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South Island, the larger of the pair, is also known locally as "the Mainland," while North Island, where three-quarters of the population lives, is also called "Pig Island," partly for the wild pigs that English explorer James Cook brought during a visit and that still roam in the wilderness.
GJSentinel - Latest News Headlines
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These days, Wood estimates that three-quarters of logging in the national forests is being done under the rubric of fire prevention.
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Fill the large container about three-quarters full of water. 5.
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You will have enough mixture to fill them three-quarters of the way up, which is what you want.
Times, Sunday Times
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Asked specifically about world hunger and extreme poverty over a recent period, three-quarters thought it had increased.
Times, Sunday Times
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Road deaths have increased by three-quarters.
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After three-quarters of a century of unparalleled sufferings, the Soviet Union collapsed in privation and misery, leaving massive Russia with an economy no bigger than tiny Holland's.
California Reality, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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What effect on pain might, say, three-quarters of the lethal dose have had?
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Three-quarters own a jet aircraft and most have a yacht.
Times, Sunday Times
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Three-quarters is protected to ensure the conservation of headwaters and a further quarter to prevent soil erosion.
Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations
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In 1911 over three-quarters of Britain's employed population were manual workers.
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Around three-quarters of all teenagers and young adults suffer from acne.
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Over the past 15 years those without access to a sanitary lavatory has dropped from more than three-quarters of the population to about half.
Times, Sunday Times
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An investigation by Britain's Pesticides Safety Directorate found lindane residues in three-quarters of chocolate samples on sale in British supermarkets.
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Note the chalazal vascular bundle that encircles about three-quarters of the seed and the two short side branches that contain phloem only.
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Pour the milk into the can until the can is approximately three-quarters full, then add to the pan.
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The step up to a mile and three-quarters should be right up his street.
The Sun
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The splat on the chair in Plate III is significantly thinner than the one on the chair in Plate II, and it is about three-quarters of an inch narrower across the cusps.
